1954 Mooney M-18C N4142

I purchased this Mooney Mite in the summer of 1972. At the time I was a
graduate student at the University of Californian at Davis. I had a very
good fellowship and was able to save enough to buy a small aircraft. I
didn't know exactly what I wanted, but one day I saw this add
in the San Francisco Chronicle. Having never seen a Mooney Mite I drove
from Livermore to Santa Rosa to see John Gripe's Mooney. I ended up buying
the first Mooney Mite I saw.